Horseshoe.



J. K. LEVEY.

HORSESHOB.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.19, 1913 1,089,235, Patented Man-3,1914.

JOSEPH K. LEVEY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

HOBSESHOE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 19, 19 13.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

Serial No. 749,487.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn K. LEVEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of WVayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in auxiliary shoes orovershoes adapted to be applied upon the shoe of a horses hoof duringsleety or slippery weather, having for its object the construction ofsimple and highly etficient means whereby the slipping of the horse isprevented.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which can be readily and easily applied to a horses foot andrigidly secured thereon against accidental displacement, but which atthe same time provides for the ready removal of the device when desired.

The invention comprises the detail construction, combination andarrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter fully set forth andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improvement inapplied position upon a horses hoof, Fig. 2 is a detail perspective viewof the device detached, Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinalsectional view through the improvement, and Fig. 4 is a transversesectional view of the same.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates the horseshoof and 2 the shoe which is applied to the hoof. The improvementembodies a metal base or body portion 3, which is of a shapecorresponding to the shape of the horses hoof. The body 3 includes aninner flange 4 and an outer flange 5. The outer flange is of a greaterheight than is the inner flange, and the inner wall at the toe portionof said outer flange is preferably inclined from its connection with thebody proper upwardly and outwardly to permit of the same being adjustedupon the hoof of an animal. The wall between the flanges 4L and 5 equalsthe width and corresponds with the shape of the horse shoe 2. The flange4 is adapted to engage with the inner walls of the said horse shoe, theheight of said flange being less than the thickness of the horse shoe sothat the upper wall of the flange 4: will not contact with the hoof ofthe animal. The underface of the body 3 is provided at spaced intervalswith threaded openings 6, the said openings adapted to receive thethreaded shanks 7 of removable calks 8.

The outer flange 5 is provided at its toe portion, and adjacent its heelportions with elongated slots 9 and 10 respectively, the

said openings adapted to receive the meeting ends of a front strap 11and side straps 12. The front and side straps are provided with aplurality of openings which are adapted to receive the tongues 13 ofbuckle members 1 1 which are connected through the medium of straps 15with a padded band 16. This band has one of its ends provided with strap16, and is further provided with a buckle 16 which is disposed adjacentits opposite end. The band 16 is adapted to be arranged upon the ankleof the animal, and when the strap 16 is engaged by the buckle 16 and thestraps 11 and 12 are engaged by their buckles, it will be noted that thedevice may be effectively sustained in proper position upon the shoe aswell as upon the foot of the animal.

From the above description, taken in connection with the drawing, thesimplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it isthought, be apparent to those skilled in the art without furtherdetailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

An auxiliary shoe adapted to engage with a horse shoe and to be securedto the hoof of an animal, comprising a base corresponding in shape tothe horse shoe, said base being formed with an inner and an outerflange, the inner flange projecting above the base a less distance thanthe thickness of the horse shoe, the outer flange being of a greaterheight than the inner flange and comprising vertically straight sidewalls and its rounded wall at the toe portion thereof inclined outwardlyfrom the base to permit of the inslertion of thedhorsieis hoof andshoefa between t 1e flan es an to irther ermit 0 D a, tightfrictionacontact between ti i e flanges JOSE H LEVEY' 5 and the horseshoe, removable calks for the Witnesses:

device, and means for securing the device CHAS. C. LUDY,

upon the ankle of an animal. EDWARD H. FLAHERTY.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1n presence of two wltnesses.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Eatents,

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